Staff
Updated April 1, 2025
Steering Committee Center Staff Guest/ Visiting Professors
Steering Committee
| Chairman | |
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| Director of ICBiotech | Prof. HONDA Kohsuke |
| Members | |
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| International Center for Biotechnology | Prof. FUJIYAMA Kazuhito |
| Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Prof. ARAI Masayoshi |
| Graduate School of Engineering | Prof. OMASA Takeshi |
| Graduate School of Engineering | Prof. WATANABE Hajime |
| Graduate School of Engineering | Prof. TOBISU Mamoru |
| Graduate School of Engineering Science | Prof. UMAKOSHI Hiroshi |
| Research Institute for Microbial Diseases | Prof. IIDA Tetsuya |
| Institute for Protein Research | Prof. KURISU Genji |
Center Staff
| Director | Dr. FUJIYAMA Kazuhito |
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| Professor | Dr. HONDA Kohsuke |
| Adjunct Professor (Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering) |
Dr. IKE Michihiko |
| Guest Professor/ Guest Associate Professor | Refer to the list below |
| Visiting professor/ Collaborative Professor | Refer to the list below |
| Specially Appointed Professor | Dr. MIYAZAKI Kentaro |
| Adjunct Professor (Institute for International Initiatives) | Dr. SUMIMURA Yoshinori |
| Associate Professor | Dr. MISAKI Ryo |
| Associate Professor | Dr. TOMITA Hiroya |
| Assistant Professor | Dr. KAJIURA Hiroyuki |
| Administrative Official | ARAKI Megumi |
| Administrative Official | SHIMOMURA Kyoko |
| Administrative Assistant | TOMOMATSU Fumiko |
| Technical Assistant | ITADANI Akiko |
| Administrative Assistant | KOYAMA Mana |
Guest/ Visiting Professors
| 2025 | |
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| Guest Professor | SEKI Tatsuji (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Univ.) |
| ONAKA Hiroyasu (Professor, Gakushuin Univ.) |
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| ASAI Hiroaki (President & CEO, GlyTech, Inc.) |
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| KITANI Shigeru (Professor, Aoyamagakuin Univ.) |
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| Guest Associate Professor | KATO Toshihiro (Associate Prof., Kyoto Univ.) |
| FUKUZAWA Noriho (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Tecnology (AIST) HokkaidoA) |
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| NAPATHORN SUCHADA CHANPRATTEP (Associate Prof.Chulalongkorn Univ.) |
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| NGUYEN THANH HOA (Lecturer, Hanoi Univ. Science and Technology) |
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| OHASHI Takao (Associate Prof., Setsunan Univ.) |
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| Visiting Academic Staff | Kamarisima (Assistant Professor, Microbial Biotechnology Group, School of Life Science and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia) Specially Appointed Assistant Professor under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
| Chutima Kaewkrajay (Assistant Professor Lecturer, Faculty of Science and Technology, Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Rajabhat University, Thailand) Specially Appointed Lecturer under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
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| Collaborative Professor | Irfan Dwidya PRIJAMBADA (Professor, Director at the Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia) |
| Choowong AUESUKAREE (Associate Professor, Fac. of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand) |
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| Jochen BUECHS (Former Professor for Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany) |
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| 2024 | |
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| Guest Professor | SEKI Tatsuji (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Univ.) |
| ISHINO Yoshizumi (Professor Emeritus, Kyushu Univ.) |
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| TAKEGAWA Kaoru (Professor, Kyushu Univ.) |
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| ASAI Hiroaki (President & CEO, GlyTech, Inc.) |
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| KITANI Shigeru (Professor, Aoyamagakuin Univ.) |
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| Guest Associate Professor | FUKUZAWA Noriho (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Tecnology (AIST) Hokkaido) |
| OHASHI Takao (Associate Prof., Setsunan Univ.) |
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| Visiting Academic Staff | Bungonsiri Intra (Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand) Specially Appointed Lecturer under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
| Pannida Khunnamwong (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Thailand) Specially Appointed Lecturer under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
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| Collaborative Professor | Watanalai PANBANGRED (Part-time Professor, Fac. of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand) |
| Irfan Dwidya PRIJAMBADA (Professor, Director at the Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia) |
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| Raymond L. RODRIGUEZ (Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California-Davis, USA) |
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| Choowong AUESUKAREE (Associate Professor, Fac. of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand) |
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| Jochen BUECHS (Former Professor for Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany) |
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| 2023 | |
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| Guest Professor | SEKI Tatsuji (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Univ.) |
| TAYAMA Junji | |
| MORIKAWA Masaaki (Professor, Hokkaido Univ.) |
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| KITAJIMA Ken (Professor, Nagoya Univ.) |
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| ASAI Hiroaki (President & CEO, GlyTech, Inc.) |
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| KITANI Shigeru (Professor, Aoyamagakuin Univ.) |
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| Guest Associate Professor | FUKUZAWA Noriho (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Tecnology (AIST) Hokkaido) |
| OHASHI Takao (Associate Prof., Setsunan Univ.) |
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| OKANO Kenji (Associate Prof., Kansai Univ.) |
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| Visiting Academic Staff | NGUYEN Thanh Hoa (Deputy head, Lecturer, School of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Vietnam) Specially Appointed Associate Professor (Lecturer) under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
| Napathorn Suchada CHANPRATEEP (Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) Specially Appointed Associate Professor under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
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| Collaborative Professor | Watanalai PANBANGRED (Professor, Fac. of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand) |
| Irfan Dwidya PRIJAMBADA (Professor, Vice chairman for Community Services of Institute of Research and Community Services, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia) |
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| Raymond L. RODRIGUEZ (Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California-Davis, USA) |
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| Choowong AUESUKAREE (Associate Professor, Fac. of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand) |
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| 2022 | |
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| Guest Professor | YOSHIDA Toshiomi (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Univ.) |
| SEKI Tatsuji (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Univ.) |
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| TAYAMA Junji | |
| ISHII Masaharu (Professor, Univ. of Tokyo) |
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| KIMURA Yoshinobu (Professor, Okayama Univ.) |
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| SUZUKI Nobuaki (Hitachi Zosen Corp) |
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| KITANI Shigeru (Professor, Aoyamagakuin Univ.) |
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| Guest Associate Professor | OHASHI Takao (Associate Prof., Setsunan Univ.) |
| OKANO Kenji (Associate Prof., Kansai Univ.) |
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| Visiting Academic Staff | HO Phu Ha (Associate Professor, Head of Dept. of Food Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Vietnam) Specially Appointed Associate Professor under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
| Marie Christine Merca OBUSAN (Associate Professor, Institute of Biology,University of the Philippines Dilman, Philippines) Specially Appointed Associate Professor under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
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| Collaborative Professor | Watanalai PANBANGRED (Professor, Fac. of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand) |
| Irfan Dwidya PRIJAMBADA (Professor, Vice chairman for Community Services of Institute of Research and Community Services, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia) |
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| Raymond L. RODRIGUEZ (Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California-Davis, USA) |
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| Choowong AUESUKAREE (Associate Professor, Fac. of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand) |
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| 2021 | |
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| Guest Professor | YOSHIDA Toshiomi (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Univ.) |
| SEKI Tatsuji (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Univ.) |
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| TAYAMA Junji | |
| KANEKO Yoshinobu | |
| NAKAYAMA Jiro (Professor, Kyushu Univ.) |
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| Guest Associate Professor | KATAOKA Masakazu (Associate Prof., Shinshu Univ.) |
| OHASHI Takao (Associate Prof., Setsunan Univ.) |
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| YUMIOKA Hitomi (Associate Prof., Osaka Seikei College) |
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| Visiting Academic Staff | HO Phu Ha (Associate Professor, Head of Dept. of Food Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Vietnam) Specially Appointed Associate Professor under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
| Marie Christine Merca OBUSAN (Assistant Professor, Institute of Biology,University of the Philippines Dilman, Philippines) Specially Appointed Assistant Professor under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
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| Collaborative Professor | Watanalai PANBANGRED (Professor, Fac. of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand) |
| Irfan Dwidya PRIJAMBADA (Professor, Vice chairman for Community Services of Institute of Research and Community Services, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia) |
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| Raymond L. RODRIGUEZ (Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California-Davis, USA) |
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| Choowong AUESUKAREE (Associate Professor, Fac. of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand) |
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| 2020 | |
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| Guest Professor | YOSHIDA Toshiomi (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Univ.) |
| SEKI Tatsuji (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Univ.) |
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| TAYAMA Junji | |
| UMENO Daisuke (Professor, Chiba Univ.) |
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| Guest Associate Professor | KOJIMA Nobuhiko (Associate Prof., Yokohama City Univ.) |
| OHASHI Takao (Associate Prof., Setsunan Univ.) |
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| YUMIOKA Hitomi (Associate Prof., Osaka Seikei College) |
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| Visiting Academic Staff | Suchada Chanprateep NAPATHORN (Associate Professor, Fac. of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) Specially Appointed Associate Professor under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
| Dian Anggraini SUROTO (Assistant Professor, Fac. of Agricultural Technology, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia) Specially Appointed Assistant Professor under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
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| HO Phu Ha (Associate Professor, Head of Dept. of Food Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Vietnam) Specially Appointed Associate Professor under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
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| Collaborative Professor | Watanalai PANBANGRED (Professor, Fac. of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand) |
| Irfan Dwidya PRIJAMBADA (Professor, Vice chairman for Community Services of Institute of Research and Community Services, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia) |
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| Raymond L. RODRIGUEZ (Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California-Davis, USA) |
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| 2019 | |
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| Guest Professor | YOSHIDA Toshiomi (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Univ.) |
| SEKI Tatsuji (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Univ.) |
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| TAYAMA Junji | |
| NAKAYAMA Toru (Professor, Tohoku Univ.) |
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| Guest Associate Professor | KOJIMA Nobuhiko (Associate Prof., Yokohama City Univ.) |
| OHASHI Takao (Associate Prof., Setsunan Univ.) |
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| Visiting Academic Staff | Jigjiddorj Enkh-Amgalan (Institute of General and Experimental Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolia) Specially Appointed Associate Professor under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
| Suchada Chanprateep NAPATHORN (Associate Professor, Fac. of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) Specially Appointed Associate Professor under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
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| Dian Anggraini SUROTO ( Assistant Professor, Fac. of Agricultural Technology, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia) Specially Appointed Assistant Professor under the Cross-appointment Agreement |
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| Collaborative Professor | Watanalai PANBANGRED (Professor, Fac. of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand) |
| Irfan Dwidya PRIJAMBADA (Professor, Vice chairman for Community Services of Institute of Research and Community Services, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia) |
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| Raymond L. RODRIGUEZ (Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California-Davis, USA) |
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